Senior Project Manager
Posted Today by 1762324142
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Senior Project Manager role is a 3-month contract position focused on delivering high-profile technology and operational change projects within a purpose-driven consultancy. The successful candidate will lead complex projects, enhance agile delivery capabilities, and strengthen project governance. This position offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing for both on-site and remote work in London. The role is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic technology and operational projects
- Apply agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe) and hybrid frameworks to drive consistency and efficiency
- Act as Scrum Master, facilitating ceremonies and promoting agile maturity across teams
- Define scope, deliverables, and governance documentation (charters, RACI, plans, budgets)
- Oversee project financials and forecasting, ensuring control and transparency
- Provide accurate and insightful reporting to senior leadership
- Build strong relationships with C-suite and functional leaders across the organisation
- Foster collaboration and continuous improvement within cross-functional teams
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering complex technology and operational change projects
- Strong Agile background, ideally Scrum Master or SAFe certified
- Solid understanding of governance, risk management, and portfolio oversight
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including at C-suite level
- Experience in structured corporate environments (Life Sciences, Financial Services, or similar)
- Exposure to data, cloud, or automation initiatives
- Property relocation or workplace transformation experience (advantageous)
- Professional project management certification (PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM)
- Agile qualification (Scrum Master, SAFe, etc)
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Consulting
Senior Project Manager
3-Month Contract (view to extending)
Hybrid working - London/ remote
Inside IR35
About the Opportunity
A purpose-driven organisation in the Consultancy space is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support the delivery of a range of high-profile technology and operational change projects. This is a unique opportunity to join a mission-led team working on projects that have real impact, from data and cloud automation initiatives to organisation-wide transformation and governance improvements.
You will be joining a forward-thinking function at a pivotal moment, playing a key role in helping the business mature its agile delivery capability and strengthen project governance across a growing portfolio.
The Role
As Senior Project Manager, you will take ownership of complex, multi-disciplinary projects that enable strategic change across the organisation. You will be the right-hand support to the Portfolio Manager, leading from the front to drive delivery excellence, embed agile practices, and ensure the smooth execution of business-critical initiatives.
Key Projects Include:
- Master data management project, the function's largest agile initiative
- Cloud automation and data quality management rollouts
- Development of board-level and governance dashboards
- Contributing to wider operational and property-related transformation
What You'll Do
- Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic technology and operational projects
- Apply agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe) and hybrid frameworks to drive consistency and efficiency
- Act as Scrum Master, facilitating ceremonies and promoting agile maturity across teams
- Define scope, deliverables, and governance documentation (charters, RACI, plans, budgets)
- Oversee project financials and forecasting, ensuring control and transparency
- Provide accurate and insightful reporting to senior leadership
- Build strong relationships with C-suite and functional leaders across the organisation
- Foster collaboration and continuous improvement within cross-functional teams
About You
You are a confident, delivery-focused project manager who thrives in structured, matrix environments. You combine hands-on delivery capability with the gravitas to engage senior stakeholders and the agility to adapt to a hybrid (agile/waterfall) setting.
You Will Bring:
- Proven experience delivering complex technology and operational change projects
- Strong Agile background, ideally Scrum Master or SAFe certified
- Solid understanding of governance, risk management, and portfolio oversight
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including at C-suite level
- Experience in structured corporate environments (Life Sciences, Financial Services, or similar)
- Exposure to data, cloud, or automation initiatives
- Property relocation or workplace transformation experience (advantageous)
Qualifications:
- Professional project management certification (PRINCE2, PMP, AgilePM)
- Agile qualification (Scrum Master, SAFe, etc)
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